"Southern Ireland"

[brian.mobile]

Am I the only one to be pissed off when people refer to the Republic of Ireland by the above name?
The latest example was in Niall Ferguson's column in today's Sunday .

Only noticed it now!

Grrr..

BM

 

[mmclo]

Or your lack of constitutional knowledge...

Bunreacht na hÉireann:
So "Éire" would seem to be more correct than "Ireland" or any other variation on the same theme.

Not at all, if you are speaking in engish the name is Ireland

 

[ClubMan]

So why does the English language version of the constitution not simply say "the name of the country is Ireland" and leave "Éire" to the Irish language version?

 

[jasconius]

From Jan1st 2007 the name of our illustrious country is now changed in EU circles to Eire Ireland.
See Here

 

[ClubMan]

With no fada!?